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Monday, March 17, 2014

I Think I Know What I'm Going to do With My Mini Level of the Splintered Realms Megadungeon...

I've got my idea, and I need to thank my sister for this.

She has a book coming out in May - her first novel The Hollow Ground. It's set in Pennsylvania's coal mining region in the 60's, and she did a nice amount of research on the local mines and the fires that are burning until even today. I convinced her to forward me her research.

Yep, there will be mines involved, and all the associated dangers of mining and tunnels and the like.

I'll be digging into the books and articles and I'll hash out some game rules and such that will be posted here on the blog

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Philosophical slumberMarch 17, 2014 at 2:36 PM
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Dr. Mike DesingMarch 17, 2014 at 5:36 PM
Hmmm. I will start thinking about a map for said mining... sounds pretty sweet. I wonder who is mining... and what they are mining for...
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Gothridge ManorMarch 17, 2014 at 5:57 PM
That should be very cool. I've always been fascinated by the coal mines around my area. It should be a great backdrop for adventures. Worked for Silent Hill.
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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Monday, March 17, 2014

I Think I Know What I'm Going to do With My Mini Level of the Splintered Realms Megadungeon...

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